BMus Major in Music Education
B.Mus., Major in Music Education
The Bachelor of Music, Major in Music Education curriculum leads to Kansas teacher licensure P-12 in music.
Major Requirements*
- MUS 099 Performance Forum (every semester except student teaching) (0 hour)
- MUS 112 Music Theory 1 (2 hours)
- MUS 126 Class Piano 1 (1 hour)
- MUS 127 Class Piano 2 (1 hour)
- MUS 151 Small Ensemble (1 hour) (minimum 4 hours)
- MUS 162 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 1 (1 hour)
- MUS 211 Music Theory 2 (2 hours)
- MUS 212 Music Theory 3 (2 hours)
- MUS 215 Beginning Conducting (2 hours)
- MUS 226 Class Piano 3 (1 hour)
- MUS 227 Class Piano 4 (1 hour)
- MUS 230 Private Lessons (.5-3 hours) (minimum 7 hours in primary area of study)
- MUS 261 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 2 (1 hour)
- MUS 262 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 3 (1 hour)
- MUS 311 Music Theory 4 (2 hours)
- MUS 313 Music History 1 (3 hours)
- MUS 314 Music History 2 (3 hours)
- MUS 315 Advanced Conducting (2 hours)
- MUS 321 Orchestration (1 hour)
- MUS 328 Vocal Diction 1 (1 hour)
- MUS 329 Vocal Diction 2 (1 hour)
- MUS 361 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 4 (1 hour)
- MUS 492 Sight Singing Proficiency (enroll semester of anticipated completion of proficiency requirement) (0 hour)
- MUS 493 Piano Proficiency (enroll semester of anticipated completion of proficiency requirement) If not completed with MUS 227, enroll in MUS 230M until complete. (0 hour)
- MUS 494 Senior Recital/Project (enroll semester of anticipated completion of recital/project) (0 hour)
Enrollment (for credit) in at least one of the following large ensembles on declared major instrument each semester except when student teaching:
- MUS 150 Concert Band
- MUS 160 Orchestra
- MUS 233 A Cappella Choir
- MUS 234 Jazz Band
A minimum of two hours in large ensembles with declared secondary instrument/voice is required to complete the degree.
- MUED118 Beginning Voice (1 hour) or 210 Vocal Pedagogy (1 hour)
- MUED215 Foundations in Music Education/Teaching (3 hours)
- MUED216 String Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED217 Woodwind Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED218 Percussion Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED219 Brass Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED220 Technology for Music Education (2 hours)
- MUED224 Psychology of Music Learning (3 hours)
- MUED325 Marching Band Methods (2 hours) or MUS 328 Vocal Diction 1 (1 hour) and MUS 329 Vocal Diction 2 (1 hour)
- MUED351 Elementary School Music Methods (3 hours)
- MUED438C Middle School and High School General/Choral Methods (3 hours)
- MUED438I Middle School and High School Instrumental Methods (3 hours)
Cognate requirement
- IART156 Introduction to World Music (3 hours)
Teacher Education Licensure Requirements
- EDUC150 Introduction to Education (2 hours)
- EDUC216 Diversity Field Experience (1 hour)
- EDUC322 Educational Psychology (4 hours)**
- EDUC323 Introduction to Exceptionalities (4 hours)**
- EDUC343 Home, School, and Community (3 hours)
- EDUC344 Content Area Literacy (3 hours)
- EDUC439 Secondary School Methods and Management (4 hours)**
- EDUC440 Student Teaching Seminar (1 hour)**
- EDUC449 Observation and Supervised Teaching in the Secondary School (4-12 hours)**
**Taken after formal admittance to the Teacher Education Program.
Cognate requirement
- MATH215 Introduction to Statistics and Probability (3 hours)
- PSYC218 Child Psychology (3 hours)
